Button



Patented oa. 4, 1927.

-manuifacturefl Y 'VOther objects and advantagesl of the'1n4 `ven'tion'vvill become apparent as the specifica U54- a Sr HENRY HEnMAN, on NEW Yoan, N. Y., iss,leuven7 Bv ninnoavaiip. Masiva Ass-IGN-KH MENTS, oF ONE-T3131) To E'IHEL HEP-.Mani oNE-THInn'TogMAIt-Y qENNIsnN-D. ONE-'THIRD yTo HARRYroRnYAL-L OENEWIYOBKJN. Y; Y f

summon.

' Application .sied May, 151,'.

This. inventionv has reference. to, covered buttons and relates pparticularlyto.v thefurred..

species thereof. y A

One object of the inventionr is the. productionY offan improved buttonA of the,character: described, capable of being coveredivitlifuijff bearing skin,

in a nea-t, eficient and @ip lehdr.v tious manner.

Y `Another object is to-jprovide'` a button' of the natureV set forth With-means for .tautly sides thereof'.

` A further vObject is to produce a buttonofy the type specified, embQdying' improved means whereby the same may be detachably7 secured to a garment or like port.; Y .Y

Still; another object is the provision :in a button of the class mentioned ofl an an chorage element whichV mayk be forced through the side ofthe garment Without the necessity ofy preparatorily piercing` the same.

.primary Sup-- A still further Objectis in providingfa button 'of the kind vreferred, to,rwith a lock Vleleasably holding'the anchorage elementairv gaffeable'withl the garment.;` j u d general object isto furnlsh abutton and fastening of the` genus alluded to, .of practical and convenient construction; composed of few, simple and durableparts; not liable to get out of Working order; readily applied or removed; besldes, Vamenableto loW cost ofv and arrangements of partsV hereinafter de.V

scribed in their preferred embodiments,V

Vpointed out in the subjoined claimsf. and

illustrated on the annexed drawing, `wherein like parts are designated the samerefer.- ence characters.throughouttheseveral views,

Generally described@ the Vinvention 'under consideration lncludes: *111. lts organlzatlon: a. lmold over one face ofE which the. covering Y material isstretched v and having at t-hef o p-A po'sitesidethereoffa recess. ,Afinember-'prof i vided fivith a dentated Iini isadaptedtrhave` the latter forciblyzretainV-the edges'ofthemateriali in the Y`a.forementioned.L..reeess;

Means: 'farmed the retaining, 196mb@ devices maybe Aother parts omitted; f

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are-capable of leqevng an.elementpiercingv that part of4 a garment"tofy 1s affixed.

Whiclifthefbi1tten Mecha-nis'nay issuppli'ed for, "d-- tachably lockngthe piercingele'lnent to 'the ing element lserves to hold the samefto'. the f innerv orrreverse side of `thegarmei 1t`. Y. TheAL advantages of. the ,.i'iiventign.' asf here outlined .are best realized *when Yall If'ff.' it-s, and uniformly,- stretching as well asirmly' clamping the fur overand uponopposite' features; and. instrumentalities; are combined in the, one and same "structure, but,`v ui'sfe'i'ulev ,progd-.iicedlV eInbQdyingl less than the Whole: l., `will tbe .obvious to thoseskilled ini `the' art, tov which the invention 'app' 4tains, I upon becomingl conversant withfthedetails''there;

of,1that the same-may be.inicoifpigatedfifi;`

The aQ'Cori- 1 e several different` constructions. panying drawing, therfe'fore,j is submitted f merely Jas showing. thpreferred .eXei-iplicatlOn of, the-inventi'on'..4 w j i invention in abputftvvicenaturall size v,mg-,me .1144. from eiemutnief engem. proved. button, parts thereof` 'being de rokeli awayv andother parts fshovvn in' v sectipnf; Fig. Hisa bottomplan vievv'vo'f tlrefcon;l

is looking upwardly from ej udrsd; thereo A, parts.v being.l shotWnj section Y Fig. lIrI 's a side elevation offen elementi lookinoV g at the same from thevrightftevvarfdsf the yleft of .the View last nainedfj` f Fig.; IV 4 is' a v section .taken on the-line; l 'IV-IV of Fig, IIL looking in the, direction 1 1 p ointedjeut `by. thel thereto appertaining. `j Y arrows and.. f

Referring' een ,te 4h44@- viea'.- f0.1? @l-Edie: felled: descriptwe ,0f .thief iliipfeied 1211114611., c

thenuineral11?denotestkefcon 11.00

oouter Ysurfaceof'.` a'. form or. vd 1,3,r havff" ineen.. annularY substantially-Ida fase-15.5144 thundsorfonpesitisde.theo T'di' f tojthe inner portion 'o f-sarid'face15.v cate d aJv reeess...'17,w l1ich.m a befjfor undercuttinglorbev wa11-l9ner-tannget i.

1a the -Saiaafayvgiag .what 11:1.11444444414114 i so l l struction shpW-n in tfhepreceding; figure,y tliat.l

' appearing in Fig. 1,. `detached th`,er.efrom,l

j` Ythe-first mentioned annularface 15, inthe fmannerffofanV outwardly projecting'L ledge.

`'From the last named face 23 extends-in?.Y j lwa'rdly ofthe ledgedike head 21, aj certain fsf depth., into thefmiddle partfofthe mold or form 13, a pocketf25, which for convenience may be bored. thereinto. Y Notwithstanding, f that inthe presenteXem-plification of the in-"i: venticni,v the said mold andthe-therewith conjoined head 21,fis represented as being 'fjcircular.5in outline, it willbe understood, that the` same-fmay: have other orfapproved i z', configuration." .i s' Uponfthe crowned siiifacell of the mold j=`"13f" Iiwhichiihe.presen "{za' fur-bearing skin,

*ind-icatedmt" B.' This v`skin is drawn over; thefroundedfouter corners formed between "l l thejsaid crown.11anditheintermediateace kv'15,'1and{thence againstland y'around the/ instanceis Vcomposed of` the jhaii's:` whereofare V.Thelfmear'is or'holding' or 'pressing'tlie edge f1 of'the-skinor materffalAinto the recess 17,

' tations; @if prongs v27, pfovidaiaboui the 1T mem fer 29.;i fAs shown, the inner .Qt'iiiiiriderfY i kside oftliisf'member ]jis'in `juxtaposed relat-ionfof. ,the-outer {face `23 otjthe head 21'.

,The Vcrimping .forfforcing together" of. the-` "fypr'on'gs 27,'*rom heir lflat"conditiondepicted o :"at"27 ,jFig, 1I, around the Vtree edge ofthe .-7A ta.ut,fbutalsolto firmlyV claspv itagainst'the L, `wall'19,wliereivith"the Adentated rimj'oi the retainer;Ijien'iberc-oaets(r Y. i?. v "Th" "entral'portionoff'thefsaid'inember-QQ `Y raised or'bulged"outwardly'so as to con- I stitntega neck `317and therewith conjoined Should'eif .the

fapertiirlif i Y becomposedofjone larger central hole and tfw smaller? side' ,perfor-ationsy communicat-r ing therewith. a

latter havingl an elongated l prtfof saidfneclijl, arefformejdj oppositely `aperture disposed rarcuatef slots p 37, approximately L' -qadrantalinsha' e. The .purposefof .these i rslotsfand ofthe a oreinentionedapertiire 35, willv presently b e described. Movably tak-1 fing overfthe before named neck and slioul-l der. Vare; the"corresponding-inner side and "eridwalls .39,l 41, respectively,y lof capV 43.'

f {Concentrieally lof the latter, is. San `orifice i 45,

"also anv extended shape and fis --ot bst'antially the. l samel size nasil the i aperture 35,` beingfcpable .of-. registeringtherewith; lor "keepers 547 projecting Vv-in counter directionsv fronith'e; edgesV of r"the cap's iside' wal11l39 are 'mada ted' Vwhen, bent" inwardly, tteiitei" thefnec l131 through rits `slots V7. "ezearsreferreld to, .cooperatewiththe said Y 'sliV .4 Sigedf pesite 'against they *member* 29; @geen as to' iifnitihe Vnaat-ivemovementrefV Vside wall 39 of the cap,

stretched the" Y covering ,material A,

circumferentialwall '19 of tliefhead 23.../

comprises its preferred embodiment, den- 'marinalgportion offav discfshaped retaining 35'ftherein, which rasgshownimay the partsv 'are 4represented as bothfjto"maintain@thev capVA 431-in .itsf

the cap relatively to the neck B1` and its .apertured shoulder 33. At 191, Fig.A I, is

represented that the Aexterior face of the ened iii-order to afford a lirniy gri'p-ior the operators lingers wheiituining the vsaid capV from one position .is luted vor i'ough- Y to another, thaty is, toy

place the' orifice 4:5 in register with the aper-V .i

turef35, or else, in right angularrelation thereto, asVindicated by the full and dotted .lines iii the middle part of Fig. l1.

The means 'for securing the skin covered mold 11 to a garment C, such ,as a Vfur-coat,

cloak or lthe like, comprises, as illustratedltol best advantage inv Figs; Il andlII, .an eleent 51, flexibly connected to an anchorage 53, which may [be in the nature of a washer, f

made of' fibre orother suitable substance, appropriately coloredv to inatclr the iiisidefor the lining of the garment which it is iiitended toA loverlie. VSaid'elerneiit y51 is looselyhinged to a piiitle 55 forming part otV an opening 59A wherewith the washerf53- isA centrally provided.` VvThe terminals of the lwire comprising said' bail 57' are `made to penetrate/*the body of the said washer and the element 51 which preferably pointed and sharpfoedgech'lias also been given lthe formation of an Varrow head l63,' a'lording` Vsqiiare shoulderedabiitments 65 thereunder, f 4which asfshowii are' slightly thinner thanf the-"shank` of the element. 'It will thus bey perceivedtliat fit is'aiieasy matter topieice the side C offaIur-garinent,simply'b'yrtorc-i are 'clinchedthereoven "in the manner "sugfi Vgested at 61, Fig. 1. `The-tree extremity oii`:

icov j ing tlievpointed head l'through the saine;

From the `foregoing it will be Hseen that. tlie said element 51Ahastlie dual'unct-ion ot an Vanchorage as *well-fas' apiercer.

Afterfthe-liead 63 of the anchorage'el'ef-V Y ment has .beenfy passedk througlilftlie side: o'l`Y the garment wheretotlic 'fuiij'ed biittoiilis going to, be attached, the aforesaidliea'd is entered by V.wayoit' Athe previously"aligned oi. the hollen,Y neck tatin'g Vof the cap occupying Fig. "ILdisaligns-'the'orice V:i5 relative to the aperture 35. The' anchoring element 51" f isfthere'by e'tfectively locked yto the 'retainingy member Q9 and precluded trom withdrawal,

by virtue ofztlie reason that 1 the egress "or y the abutments .63 being blockedv untilY regisate-the contacting surfaces of thev capand its keepers'fi? with Vtration'ofthesaid'locking .passages35', 5, .7. *isV again 'reestablished Friction intermedil the shouldered fiieclrfl, f

isgsuiiic'ient toinaintain'the parts inlthe' positi'onf wherein they are'placed.'k coniiectionkof the said eleinentvwith the vanchorage washerl The jointed 53,215v well .ast-lier rle-tively..

loose fit of the elements shank portion within the before named passages in the end wall 4l and the shoulder 33, affords the button sufiicient flexibility to adjust itself to various stresses applied thereto from different directions, still withoutl the garment being subjected to undue strains.

In the modilication ofthe invention disclosed by Fig. V, the parts substantially the equivalent of those already described, are

' designated by the same reference charac-` ters to which letter exponents are suliixed. Thus 18 is the mold, A1 the skin stretched y thereover, and 28a the underface of the mold,

i the anchorage washer 53a.

which in this instance is situated at the saine plane or llevel as the outer annular face 15a, being separated therefrom by the recess 17a, shown in this exemp'lication of the invention as being inclined in anout-ward direction, instead of inwardly, as in the first inentioned case. The dentated rim 27h ofthe retaining member 29a serves to force the skin or material A1 into 'the said recess `17 a, the' outward inclination of the latter acting alsov ',to prevent .retraction of the retainer fromV themold 13a, after it has oncebeen driven in place. At 31a is indicated a sleeve `or bushing struck'up Yfrom the central portion of the member 29a and lodged within the pocket 25a. Internally this sleeve is thread- .ed so as to receive the body'of a screw 51a constituting the piercing element proper,

which in conformity with the previously described construction, is flexibly secured to lthe element 51a 'will force its pointed end into contact with the bottom of the pocket :25a sufficiently tight to hold the said element becoming loose or accidentally detached from the retaining member.

At such times as the fur, coveringv either of the molds l1 or 11a, becomes'worn or soiled, it is an 'easy matter, with a.- shar-pv pointed impleinent, to pry up the Y teeth` 1' v aroundv the retaining` member and remove t-he operations. It is also relatively simple to Screwing up of change the position of button on thev gari ment with which it is used. The holes ierced by one of the elements 5l or 51a in a garment are readily hidden by the sur-` rounding hairs of the fur. v From the foregoing it will be seen that the invention hereinabove set forth, provides an inexpensive and practical button which may be quickly and neatly covered by the fur and that can also be firmly and expeditiously alixed to a garment,V i l 1 ff V*While certain Vpreferred embodiments of this Vdevice have been shown and described, it'ivill be understood that/changes inthe form, arrangements, proportions, sizes .and

details thereof may be made, withouty departing from the scope of the invention asr defined by the appended claims.

Havingdescribed my inventionwhatI de-v sire tosecure byLetters Patentand claim,

l. A button including a form adapted to yhave a covering material laid over one of its sides, said form having a recess in the other side thereof,a member, acting to stretch the "i mate-rial around said form @retaining theY same in said recess, anelement capable lof being anchored by one extremity to a coacting garment, and means on said member serving to disconnectedly engage thefree` endl of said element.V

2.' In abutton, a form including front and rear faces, a recess in thev rear face of said form arranged in angular relation thereto colying the. front face of the same and'having portions extending over therecess, a plate juxtaposed on said rear face, prongs projecting from said plate atan angle coincident with the said recess and adapted to enter the latter over saidportions, and means vfor securing said plate to ,a'support 1 3. 'In a button, a form including 'front and Vrear faces, the rear face of said form having extensively with its contour, said recessv Y ybeing disposed -inwardly frein the edges of said form, a covering for the said form over-- isc y Y a recess disposed atan vanglethereto beingl Vspaced inwardly from and coextensive 'withV the edge ofthe form, aplate corresponding substantially in size andshape with said recess, teeth projecting from` the edgev of said plate arranged to enter` and conform to the angle of the said recess, and a cover member for the said form having portions overlying vthe recess and capable of being, held herein by said teeth. y y l v HENRY` HERMAN. 

